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Chad Johnson

Tenor

Noted as a “blond hunk with a bright tenor sound,” Chad Johnson has impressed audiences and critics throughout his career. Mr. Johnson’s recent engagements include Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles with both Virginia Opera and Opera Carolina; Ruggero in La rondine with Fresno Grand Opera; Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dreamwith Boston Lyric Opera; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Savannah Voice Festival; Niklaus Sprink in Fort Worth Opera’s production of Silent Night, and joined Washington National Opera for their production of Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick.

Les pêcheurs de perles – “As Nadir, tenor Chad Johnson was a well-matched lover, both vocally and visually, making the lovers’ story believable and their impending deaths in the third act a real source of dramatic tension. Johnson’s pleasant tone sounded youthful, and it took on weight both for his emotional aria and to match others in ensemble.” – The Virginian-Pilot

…his performance certainly validated…

Silent Night - “Sprink is played by tenor Chad Johnson, whose agent states is “noted as a ‘blond hunk with a bright tenor sound.’” Indeed. His uniform precluded assessing the first part of this breathless description, but his performance certainly validated the last.” – Theater Jones

…sang with power and clarity…

Il sogno di Scipione - “Chad A. Johnson, as Emilio, sang with power and clarity.” – The New York Times

Messiah- “Chad Johnson’s ringing tenor easily filled the hall in his long sequence in Part 2.” – Birmingham News

…provided deeply felt moments…

Così fan tutte- “The excellent tenor Chad Johnson provided some deeply felt moments as his Ferrando struggled to stay in the game, and all of his arias rang true.” – Opera News

Composer

Opera

Role

Barber

Vanessa

Anatol

Beethoven

Fidelio

Jaquino

Bellini

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Tebaldo

I puritani

Arturo

La sonnambula

Elvino

Berlioz

Béatrice et Bénédict

Bénédict

Bernstein

Candide

Title role

Bizet

Les pêcheurs de perles

Nadir

Britten

Albert Herring

Title role

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Lysander

The Rape of Lucretia

Male Chorus

The Turn of the Screw

Peter Quint/Prologue

Cimarosa

Il matrimonio segreto

Paolino

Delibes

Lakmé

Gérald

Donizetti

Don Pasquale

Ernesto

L’elisir d’amore

Nemorino

La fille du régiment

Tonio

Lucia di Lammermoor

Edgardo

Gounod

Faust

Title role

Roméo et Juliette

Roméo

Lehár

The Merry Widow

Camille de Rosillon

Massenet

Cendrillon

Le Prince Charmant

Manon

Des Grieux

Werther

Title role

Mozart

Così fan tutte

Ferrando

Don Giovanni

Don Ottavio

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Belmonte

Il sogno di Scipione

Emilio

Die Zauberflöte

Tamino

Poulenc

Dialogues des carmélites

Chevalier de la Force

Puccini

La bohème

Rodolfo

Gianni Schicchi

Rinuccio

La rondine

Ruggero

Ravel

L’heure espagnole

Gonzalve

Strauss, J.

Die Fledermaus

Alfred

Strauss, R.

Salome

Narraboth

Stravinsky

The Rake’s Progress

Tom Rakewell

Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin

Lensky

Verdi

Falstaff

Fenton

Rigoletto

Duke

La traviata

Alfredo

Composer

Work

Bach

Christmas Oratorio

Mass in B Minor

Mass in G Major

St. John Passion

St. Matthew Passion

Beethoven

Missa Solemnis

Ninth Symphony

Berlioz

Requiem

Romeo et Juliette

Britten

Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings

Spring Symphony

War Requiem

Dvořák

Stabat Mater

Te Deum

Elgar

The Dream of Gerontius

Händel

Messiah

Haydn

Creation

Harmoniemesse

Lord Nelson Mass

The Seasons

Mendelssohn

Die Erst Walpurgisnacht

Elijah

Mozart

Coronation Mass

Missa Brevis

Requiem

Orff

Carmina Burana

Rachmaninoff

Vespers

Rossini

Stabat Mater

Stravinsky

Pulcinella

Tippett

A Child of our Time

Verdi

Requiem

Noted as a “blond hunk with a bright tenor sound,” Chad Johnson has impressed audiences and critics throughout his career. Mr. Johnson’s recent engagements include Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles with both Virginia Opera and Opera Carolina; Ruggero in La rondine with Fresno Grand Opera; Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dreamwith Boston Lyric Opera; Emilio in Il sogno di scipione with Gotham Chamber Opera; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Savannah Voice Festival; and the role of Lance in the rarely performed Gluck opera, L’arbre enchanté, as part of Fire Island Opera’s inaugural season.

In 2014, Chad performed the role of Niklaus Sprink in Fort Worth Opera’s production of Silent Night, performed a Gala Concert with Maestro Jerry Steichen, and also joined Washington National Opera for their production of Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick.This season’s engagements include a reprisal of the role of Niklaus Sprink in Silent Night in his début with The Wexford Festival; Jaquino in Fidelio with Opera Omaha; and a performance as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Texas Christian University. In 2016, he will début with Cincinnati Opera.

Previous career highlights include Gérald in Lakmé with Minnesota Opera and Florida Grand Opera; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with New Orleans Opera; Paolino in Il matrimonio segretoat Brooklyn Academy of Music; Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Tanglewood Music Center under the baton of Maestro James Levine. From this performance Opera News raved: “The excellent tenor Chad Johnson provided some deeply felt moments as his Ferrando struggled to stay in the game, and all of his arias rang true.”

As a member of the young artist program at Chicago Opera Theater, Chad covered the role of the Male Chorus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. He was also a member of the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Artist Program and the Young Artist Ensemble at Florida Grand Opera where he sang many roles, including the Second Jew in Salome, Benvolio in Roméo et Juliette, Gastone in La traviata, Joszef in the North American première of Ede Donath’s Szulamit, and Pong in Turandot. With Glimmerglass Opera, as a member of the Young American Artists Program, he sang the role of Harry in La fanciulla del West.

He is also active as a concert soloist performing with the Atlanta Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, Boston Pops, Sun Valley Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Master Chorale, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, AIMS Festival Orchestra, Symphony of the Americas and New World Symphony. He has been a featured soloist in such works as Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Händel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, Bach’s Magnificat, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and numerous recitals and concerts. Recent performances include Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Haydn’s Missa in Angustiiswith the New York Choral Society, a New Year’s Eve concert with the Alabama Symphony, Mozart’s Requiemwith Modesto Symphony Orchestra, Britten’s Spring Symphony for MidAmerica Productions, and a pops program with Long Beach Symphony.

A native of Muskegon, Michigan, Chad Johnson studied at Western Michigan University, the University of Kentucky, and the American Institute of Musical Studies’ Opera Studio in Graz, Austria. Johnson won the Four Cities District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and first prize in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition.